First discovered in 1978, the Mammoth Site is home to the largest known collection of Columbian mammoths to have died in a single disastrous event: A mudslide believed to have occurred approximately 68,000 years ago. The remains of various mammal species have been uncovered to date, and some of these have been removed and are now being stored at Baylor University, although a good number of fossils still remain embedded in the dirt at the site. Visitors are not permitted to walk on the excavation site, but they can view the fossils from a pavilion constructed in 2009 for this very purpose.

Address: Mammoth Site, 6220 Steinbeck Bend Dr, Waco, TX 76708, Phone: 254-750-7946

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